Deiregyne

Schlechter

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37: 426. 1920.

Etymology: Greek deire, neck, and gyne, pistil or woman, referring to sepals that sit on top of ovary and form a necklike extension
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 523. Mentioned on page 499.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA26 Plate 084.jpegCyclopogon cranichoides
Beloglottis costaricensis
Deiregyne confusa
Barbara Alongi
Barbara Alongi
Barbara Alongi

Herbs, perennial, terrestrial. Roots tuberous, fascicled, fleshy. Stems with foliaceous sheaths. Leaves usually absent at anthesis, basal or cauline, base cuneate. Inflorescences terminally flowered spikes. Flowers resupinate; perianth parts distinct and/or free; sepals similar, basally connivent, forming inflated nectary; lip free, oblong-ovate, arcuate, base conduplicate, apex acute; column partially adnate to dorsal sepal, not inflated adaxially at base; anther ovate-cucullate, margins entire; viscidium rounded; rostellum longer than wide; stigma 2-lobed at apex. Fruits capsules.

Distribution

Tropical regions, United States, Mexico, Central America (Guatemala)

Discussion

Species 14 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

... more about "Deiregyne"
self-pollination +
ovate-cucullate +
Paul Martin Brown +
Schlechter +
cauline +  and basal +
cuneate +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
flattened +, triangular +  and cylindric +
not inflated +
Tropical regions +, United States +, Mexico +  and Central America (Guatemala) +
Greek deire, neck, and gyne, pistil or woman, referring to sepals that sit on top of ovary and form a necklike extension +
3-merous +, sessile +  and pedicellate +
lateral +  and terminal +
petiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
duplicate +, convolute +, whorled +, opposite +, distichous +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
oblong-ovate +
larger +
differing in form and color +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
free +  and distinct +
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. +
aerial +  and subterranean +
longer than wide +
minute +
free +, distinct +, adnate +  and connate +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
branched +, or +  and simple +
pendent +  and erect +
proliferous +
thickened +  and stout +
Deiregyne +
Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae +
aquatic +, lithophytic +, terrestrial +  and epiphytic +
saprophytic +, photosynthetic +  and mycotrophic +